14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing
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The 14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing was a car bomb
attack on a market, near a police headquarters, in Baghdad
, the capital city of Iraq
, on 14 September 2008, killing 47 people and wounding 114.
Car bomb
A car bomb, or truck bomb also known as a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device , is an improvised explosive device placed in a car or other vehicle and then detonated. It is commonly used as a weapon of assassination, terrorism, or guerrilla warfare, to kill the occupants of the vehicle,...
attack on a market, near a police headquarters, in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, the capital city of Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, on 14 September 2008, killing 47 people and wounding 114.